The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-29
In CONFERENCE.
Proceedings at Yesterdays Meet
ing of the COlOred Methodist
Preachers of Missouri.
The Opening Session Character
lied by Dispatch of Business
Account of Miscellaneous
DOings of the Visiting
Brethren.

The first assembly of The &c atral
Missouri conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, composed of the
-colored members of that faith in Mis-
souri, was insugurated yesterday
morning at 9 O'Clock in the church,
corner of johnson and Lamine streets,
Bishop Willard +. Mallalieu, of New
Orleans presiding and Rev. George
4 z. Curry, of Glasgow, filing the sec
retary's chair. The church was crowd
ed with an interested congregation,
which occupied all the space in rear
of the seats apportioned to the confer
.ence The bishop was banked on one
side by the presiding elders of the
three districts comprising the confer
ence-Rev. Austin Burton, North
Missouri district; Rev. j. w. Brewn,
Rella district, ana Rev. w. H. III.
Brown, Lexington district-and on
the.other by high officers in the church
and visiting brethren.
The conference was opened with
devotional exercises conducted by
the bishop, alter which the commun-
Ion of the Lords Supper was engaged
in.
The roll was called Ivy Secretary
Curry, and fiIty-six members found
to.be present. The election of sec
rotary resulted in the choice Of Rev.
J. w. jackson, of Kansas City. with
Rev. g. E. Curry, of Glasgow, and
Rev. John Jeffries, of Fulton, as his
assistants. Rev. &. n. Keeton was
elected statistical secretary, with
.Revs. j. j. Clark, r. E. Gillian and
j. w. Summers as assistants.
On motion, the rules governing
the st. Louis conference last year,
we're adopted. The time of each dai-
ly session of the conference will, &C.
eording to these rules, begin at $50
am. and end at II o'clock noon.
The following conference commit
tees were then announced and duly
elected:
Auditing--Revs. A. Hubbard, B.
Mccain, II. Smith.
Bible Cause-F. III. Small, L. I'll.
Lockwood, G. lays.
Church Extensions. l.. Evans,
r. E. Gillian, Martin Reed.
Conference Relations "A. Hub
bard, j. w. Payne, Benjamin Steel.
Memoirs Rush, j. Wright,
j. S. Burton.
Missions. s. Cravens, A. Col
man, III. Baker.
New York Book Account B. d.
Dixon, I'll. South, r. Crosby.
Observance of Sabbath-A. Aban-
THE, T. III. Lockead, ID. L. Irwin.
District Records. w. Hill, w.
III. Smith, George Reeves.
Education-J. w. Summers, r.
Davis, j. III. Russell.
Episcopal Fund-R. Davis, P. III.
Atkerson, w. McCutchan.
Freedmen's Ald-E. Pitts, J. P.
Bishop, Dennis Paylen.
Periodicals-Geerge b. Abbott, J.
w. Thomas, j. w. Hughes.
Personal Finances III. McAlis-
Ter, n. 6mltn, r. baIeS.
Posto&ces r. Rush.
Publication of Minutes j. w.
jackson, George E. Curry, John JEFF
fries.
Public Worship-R.H. Smith, Aus
tin Burton. j. w. Brown, w. III. I'll.
Brown.
Stewards Davis, F. HI. Small,
r. Rush.
Statistics-C, M. Keeton, j. JEFF
fries, J. w. Hill.
Sunday Schools and Traets-E. An
thony, s. L. Evans, j. j. Clark.
Temperance-W. G. Cilly, j. w.
Summers, E. Pitts.
Women's Foreign Missions. w.
jackson, j. A. Lee, A. Ramsey.
Women's Home sMissions-George
Grady, r. Smith, 81. Baker.
After the transaction of some ron-
tine business of no particular interest
to the general reader, the
bishop introduced to the
members of the conference
DIR w. A. Spencer, of Philadelphia,
secretary of the church extension
board, who addressed his colored
brethren briefly but eloquently on be-
half of his board. DR.. j. G. w.
Coke, of lows, secretary of the Sum-
day School Union, was next presented
and spoke pithily for the need of aid
for the union. DR.. n. w. Taylor,
(col.) editor of the Southwestern
Christian Advocate, also made few
remarks to the conference, soliciting
practical support from the brethren
in his literary work.
The bishop then formally intro
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